BRAIN DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING: MAKING SENSE OF THE SCIENCE

This may be of interest to some of you. A great group of presenters.

“A conference not to be missed!”
- Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director of the Knowledge Hub on Early Child Development for the World Health Organization
3rd biennial conference:
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING:
MAKING SENSE OF THE SCIENCE
July 16-20, 2010
Vancouver, BC Canada
This is a conference for all those who care deeply about children, about preventing problems before they start, about fostering resilience, and about increasing joy in living.
It is an interdisciplinary conference for people willing and interested in stretching their minds.
Speakers include:
• Jon Kabat-Zinn -- Mindfulness-based Stress & Pain Reduction
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Increasing JOY in Life and Work
• Robert Stickgold -- Brain Processes during Sleep for Learning & Memory
• Jane Garland -- Creatively Helping Youths 'Tame' Depression & Anxiety
• John Mighton -- EVERYONE can Learn Math
• Paul Patterson -- Interactions between the Brain & Immune System: Implications for Autism and Schizophrenia
• Alcino Silva -- How Findings on the Cellular & Molecular Bases of Learning & Memory are lead-ing to ways to Reverse Developmental Disorders
• Carolyn Webster-Stratton -- Helping Children with Conduct Disorders Beat the Odds
• Michael Meaney -- How Early Experience alters Gene Expression
• Stan Kutcher -- Adolescent Mental Health
• Robert Bjork -- How We Learn vs. How We Think We Learn
• Sue Carter -- Oxytocin, Vasopressin, & Love: Implications for Mental Health & Mental Illness
• Blythe Corbett -- Helping Children with Autism through Theatre
Past comments include:
“The speakers are exceptional,
the organization of the conference supreme, the spirit of the whole conference is great; this is the best conference I ever attended.”
“I’ve gained knowledge and passion.”
"What I liked especially was the welcoming attitude to different professionals, students and parents….the great speakers; the sensitivity to learning and attention to participants’ needs; the passion of the organizers.”
Conference website:
www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/bdl.htm
98% approval for previous 2 meetings




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Ron